Disk-record cabinet.



B. E. KINGMAN.

DISK RECORD CABINET. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913. RENEWED JAH. 7, 1915. 1,127,091

B. E. KINGMAN.

DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913. RENEWED JAN. 7. 1915.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JLJQKUQL INVENTOR I M57 M ATTORNEY B. E. KINGMAN. DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913. RENEWED JAN.7,1915.

' Patented Feb. 2

a SHEETS-SHEET 3.

ATTORNEY iii Spseiricstios of Ber er's Pat-est.

Application files. IiIag; 24, 1913, Seriea ilc. 2339,5725, Renewed; January "I, 1915. Serial No. 1,046.

My invensiori relates to filing cabinet (1 particulsriy to such as are adapted; to contain dish records for phonographs.

One cliject of my invention is to prey: a device of thfichziracter above inciic that shail be reiatively simpie and {hire c in construction ami i'eiia-ble and mm. I in operation.

Another object is to provide in a iicvice of this character an accessible selecting (lex and a single actuaiior whereby a record may be selected at Wili by setting the index and delivered to a retaining rack in response to the, single ac buator. V

Other objects will he set forth hereinafter.

I wiii describe my invenfiicn'in ihe fcliowing specification and point out she iicrei features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 a side elevation, in vertical section, a cabinet constructed in accordance "with and emliociying the iiiiproveii'ients of my hive. Fig. 2 is a front View ofthe same calf also in Verticai. section. A plan vi w: oi cahinei shown in l Fig. 4 View on a scale oi the carri forms :1 pare of the actuating mechanism of the device Fig. 53 is a fragmentary pian View of one of tie shelves which is adapieci to receive ihe disk record's showing some of the disk supports withintermediate spacers Like characters of ccrr SpOIlCilZlg parts in all the figures I v A cabinet which has a base 11, support- 45 ing legs 12, back and side walls 13, is. and

15, a top 16 and a door 17 in irons, is provided Wish two compartments 1S and 19 of unequal size which are adapieci to receive the disk records. Around the door is a cas- 59 ing comprising; bop and base strips 20 and Q1, anil side strips 22, The upper compartieni, is preferably of less heighh than I lower one has they are both substantially closed and iiii the door ope I so that they 5 have the sgrpeamace of? o shelves, one of reference designatc which is flee-per aiirl higher than the other. They are formed of unitary strm co3nprisizig sides and Li-i, a bottom oomshcii 5, a top 26, an intermediate sh ion 2?, and hack sections em. .ihs top 26 iio grooves iil i Walls 1 15 of will? cabinet and the oHiQ. 23 and 24 are spaced from he side wall and are secured 0 the and i/he cabinet, she shelv: an i cured 10 the Sikh sioiis 28 and she top 26 and leave openings ri into the cc nents at the lower portions sh. is a space not only shore and. below compartments but so at the hash. within the cabinet I In order s at phone raph rccorii may be indiv ,iiy sin )crieci, a i

spacers S5 son 36 vertical the oci'join and top of each of the coi miiw merit-s. The so? ers of the lower c01 1:- partmeritare comparatively wiie and semi downwardly as to support ci-i large or a SIP-iii size dish shown The front or i of each of the shelve ZY'is hevelec and provided with an irnlc" piste 5? which may he numbered or othi Wise graduate o designate each recorii space, as shm in hi The sides and cf'fihe co I art: c a a notched at i and ii to ailo'o' cushioned rods 4:? and 4- which a? mounted on levers l-iand 2-5 in swing into she cabinet sufricieniliv iio permit 9c tho to shire. These levers hrc .iiroccii to the sides 23 and. 2% (see F 5:) and are arranged to support the rods in positions which they are a ijus'ued. A plurality of narrow tilting suppor'asfiO ancl 51 are io- 95 (rated in the record spaces and are civotcci on shafts or rods and 53 ii'hich extemi transversely of the cabinet n-sar the bottom of the respective compartiiienizs. ihesc supports extend baciiwarcily I-iil'OUQ'll the openings and 31 mini rest on pads iii and thsysare curved upwardly sligi'litlv which is pivotallvconnected to it and eX- tends loosely through a hole in a guide bracket The arrangement of parts is such that the lower ends of the rods 58, which are connected to the supports 50, he in substan tially the same straight line. The inner ends of the supports 5.1 extend close to the lower ends of the rods 58 and normally lie in the same horizontal plane so that they lie in two parallel rows. In order to dislodge one of the record disks, it is only necessary to produce an upward movement either on one of the rods 58 and the inner end of its connected support 50 or on the inner end of one of the supports 51 dependent upon the location of the record.

In order to select any one of a plurality of records which may be assumed to be located in the upper compartment, it is only necessary to produce'a transverse movement of a. carriage 61 by turning an adjusting i of the flexible hand wheel 60, until a lift pin 70 is directly under the rod 58 connected to the support which is in the desired record space and to then actuate a push rod 63. If the desired. record is in the lower compartment, the carriage is correspondingly adjusted until the lift pin is directly under the inner end of the support 51 which is in the desired record space, the push rod 63 being then actuated as before. The car riage is first'moved forward by a lever 90 until the lift pin is under the inner ends of the supports 51 instead of under the rods 58.

The structural details embodied in the carriage and actuating mechanism illustrated are not essential to my invention and may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

The carriage illustrated comprises a block (see Fig. 41) which is arranged to slide on a bridge comprising a pair of transverse guide rods 66 the ends of which are connected by cross pieces 67 and end brackets 67. These brackets are arranged to slide in guideways 68 which-are mounted on the side walls of the cabinet near .its lower back corners. The block of the carriage has a projection 69 extending laterally from it and vertically perforated to receive a weighted selector or lift pin 70. The lift pin is in the form'of a rod extends through the perforated,projection 69 and has an enlargement 71 which increases its weight and limits its downward movement. To each end of the carriage is secured a flexible cord 73 which extends over pulleys 74 near the respective ends of the guide rods and thence upward over the sprocket wheel or pulley 7 5 on a sleeve 76 which is rotatably mounted on a spindle projecting from the back 28 of the compartment 18. If asprocket wheel as shown in Fig is employed, a section cord 73 is preferably coinposed of a sprocket chain. Subslautially parallel with the sleeve 76 is a hollow sha lit 77 which at its inner end 18 geared to the sleeve 76 and on the outer end of which is the adjusting hand wheel 00. A lun'cl gear 78 secured to this shaft, uiternrerhate its ends and meshes with a bevel. gear 7 1 which is aliixed to and may form a part of an iul 77, the sprocket wheel 75, and the di so are all rotated. The disk isthus related and the adjustment is continued until a predetermined number appears through the slot 81 in which position it may be held by a I1011-130SltlV6 lock 62. At the same time the rotation of the sprocket wheel adjusts the carriage 61 until the lift pin is directly under rod 58 connected to the support 50 which is in a record space corresponding to the number visible through the slot 81. The push rod 63 extends through the hollow shaft 77 andv is connected at its inner end to a lever 82, which is allixed to a shaft 83 intermediate its ends. This shaft extends transversely of the cabinet and a pair of levers 84 are secured to. it near its ends. A pair of levers85 are pivotall cured at opposite points 86 on the side walls of the cabinet and are connected to the levers 84 by links 87. A transverse actu ating bar 88 extends between the levers 85 and is directly under the lift pin 70 irrespective of the position to which it is adjusted. Consequently if the push rod (33 is actuated the levers 85 and the cross bar will be raised and will actuate the lift pin 70. This action will be transmitted. to the rod 58 which is directly above and in re sponse to this action the support 50 will be tilted thereby allowing the disk record which rests upon it to run out by gravity.

A bell crank lever 90 is pivotally mounted on thetop IG-of the cabinet and is adapted to occupy two positions designated upper and lower (see Fi 3). One arm of the lever has a handle 91 while the other arm is adapted to cover a portion of the slot 81 and has on it a letter A which registors with slot 81 when the lever occupies its upper position and a letter B'which registers with the slot when the lever is in its lowci position. The bell crank lever is connected by a lever, a link and a lever 93 to a transverse shaft 95. which has a pair of levers 96 secured to it near its ends. From these levers depend a pair of links 97 which are connected at their lower ends with bell crank levers 98 pivoted at opposite points 99 on the side walls of the cabinet and connected by links 100 to the rewhinet trim:

adapted to be rotated for adjusting the osi- 9. A filing-cabinet comprising a plurality of compartments subdivided into a plurality of spaces for disk records,

records, a single actuator for all of said members, a manual push rod connected with the actuator, a selector between the actuator and one of the-members,means for adjusting the position of the selector to select one of the compartments, and means for adjusting the position of the selector in a direction at an angle to the aforesaid adjustment for selecting one of the tilting members of the compartment selected.

10. A filing cabinet comprisinga plurality of compartments'subdivided into a' plurality of spaces for disk records, a'plurality of tiltin members for dislodging the several recor s, a single actuator for all of said members, a manual push rod connected with the actuator, a'selector between the actuator and one ofsaid members, a lever operatively connected to the selector for adjusting its position backward and forward to select a single compartment, and a hand wheel tion of the selector from right to 1e to select one of the tilting members of the compartment selected. p

11. A filing cabinet comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment, each subdivided into a plurality of s aces 'to receive disk records, a pluralitv o tilting members in the subdivisions 0 each comvpartment for dislodging the records, rods depending from the tilting members of the upper compartment and extending close to the tilting members of :he lower compartment, said members and rods being uniformly arranged whereby the inner. ends of the members of the lower compartment of the lower ends of the rods depending from the members of the upper compartment lie in tWo parallel rows, a bridge extending .in a direction parallel with said rows and ad justablc transversely thereof, a carriage on the bridge adjustable in parallelism with said rows, a selector carried by said car I riage, an actuator arranged to act upon. the

selector, and manually controlled means for independently adjusting the bridge and the carriage and for producing a motion of the actuator. v

12. Aiiling cabinet comprising an upper compartment and a lower connmrtmcnt,

each subdivided into a plurality of spaces for receiving disk records, a plurality of a plurality of' tilting members for dislodging the several tilting members in the subdivisions of each compartment for dislodging the records, rods depending from the members of the upper'compartment and extending close to the members of the lower compartment, said members and rods being uniformly, arranged whereby the inner ends .of the members of the lower compartment and the lower ends of the rods depending from the members of the upper compartmentlie in two parallel rows, a bridge extending in a direction parallel with said rows and adjustable transversel thereof, a carriage on the bridge adjustable in parallelism with Sl1l(1 I'OWS,'3. selector carried by said carriage, an actuator arranged to -act upon the selector, a lever o eratively connected to the bridge for ad'ustmg the position of the selector in one irectionfia hand wheel for adjusting the position of the selector in another direct1on, and a push. rod for producing a motion of the actuator.

13. A filing cabinet comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment each subdivided into a plurality of spaces for receiving disk records, a" plurality of tilting members in the subdivisions of each compartment for dislodging the records, rods depending from the members of the upper compartment and extendingclos'e to the members of the lower compartment, said members and rods being uniformly arranged whereby the inner ends of the members of the lower compartment and the lower ends of the rods dependingfrom the members of the upper compartment lie in two parallel rows, abridge extending in a direction parallel with justable transversely thereof, a carriage on the bridge adjustable in parallelism with said rows, a selector carried by said carriage, spaced pulleys on the bridge near its ends, a bar extending transversely of the cabinet under the bridge and arranged to act upon the selector, a lever operatively connected to the bridge near its ends for adjusting the position of the selector backward and :lorward, a hollow shaft, :1 sprocket wheel opcratively connected thereto, a flexible cord en'ibodying a sprocket chain eoiipcrating with the sprocket wheel and connected over the pulleys to the carriage, a hand wheel for rotating the hollow shaft, and a push rod extending through the hollow shaft and oneratively connected to the bar for raising and lowering the bar and actuating the lector.

ll, A filing cabinet comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment each subdivided into a plurality of spaces for receiving disk records, a pluralitv of tilting members in the subdivisions of each compartment for dislodging the records, rods depending from the members of the upper compartment and extending close to the said rows and ad- Ill) . rows a bridge extending in a direction parallel with said rows and adjustable t ans- Yersely thereof, a carriage on the bridge adjustable in parallelism with said rows. a selector carried by said #arriage, spaced pulleys on the bridge near its ends, a bar extending transversely of the cabinet under the bridge and arranged to act upon the selector, a lever operatirely connected to the bridge near its ends. for adjusting the position of the selector backward and forward, a hollow shaft, a sprocket wheel opcratively connected thereto, a flexible cord embodying a sprocket chain cooperating with the sprocket wheel and connected over the pulleys to the carriage, a hand wheel for rotating the hollow shaft, a push rod extending through the hollow shaft and operati ely conncctedto the bar for raising and lowering the bar and actuating the selector, and cushioned guard rack adjustably supported in front of each compartment.

15. A filing cabinet comprising a com.-

li artment, vertically disposed parallel stationary spacers therein subdiyiding said compartment into a plurality of spaces for receiving disk records, tilting supports between said spacers, a transverse rod running through said'supports forward. of the center of gravity of the records thereon whereby the weight of said records hold said supports in a position with their upper surfaces downwardly inclined toward the rear of the compartment, manual means for moving a desired support to thereby raise the record thereon and to cause the supporting surface thereof to be inclined downwardly toward the front of the compartment to allow the record thereon to roll out of said compartment, and a transverse rod pi otally supported to be positioned in front of the records to hold them in the compartment or away from the records to arrest their move ment as they roll out of the compartment.

I 16. A filing cabinet comprising a plurality of compartments, each subdivided into a plurality of record spaces, a plurality of means for dislodging the records, a single actuatorfor all of said means, an interposed selector between the actuator and one of said means, means for adjusting the selector to select a. desired compartment, an indicator connected therewith, other means for ad justing the selector to a desired record space, an index connected with said other means, and manual means for actuating the selector to discharge a desired record.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of April 1913.

BARTON E. KXNGMAN.

lVitnesses James S. FITCH, Josnrn VEASY. 

